Braid-cabinet.



J. M. BURNHAM L H. J. SCHNEIDER.

BRAID CABINET.

APPLlCATIoN HLED pm. 1o, 1913.

1,106,543. Patented Aug.11,1914.

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J. M. BURNHAM c H. J. SCHNEIDER.

BRAID OABINET.

APYLIOATION rum) DBO, 1o, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

.I mmwmm UMTED sTA'rEslairENT oEEioEL JoHN M. BURNHAM 'AND HERMAN' J.SCHNEIDER, 0E ADAMS., NEBRASKA.

BRAND-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Ptented Aug, 11, 1914. Applicationfiled DecemberlO, 1913. "Serial No. 805,787.

To aZjLfwLom t may concern.'

Beltkiiown that we,`JoHN M. BURNHAM and HEiiM.A, N J. SCHNEIDER,citizens of the United States, `residing at Adams, in tlie-v county-ofGage-and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Braid-Cabinets, of which 'the folv lowing is aspecification.

The present invention relates in general to store furniture,and moreparticularly to al novel form of cabinet which is especially" designedfor the display -of various kinds of braid, thek object of theinvent-ion being to provide a cabinet oft-his character which has alarge capacity vfor its size and displays all of thel braid in aneffective manner,

thereby eli'inating 'unnecessary handling of the-braid, and at the sametime protecting the-.same v"from accumulations 'of dust and dirt. Y

A further objectof the inventionis to provide a braid 'cabinet'whicliwill hold a large quantity 'of braid and display the samev in an`effective. manner, which admits of anydesi'rlcd bolt of the braid beingremoved witli'outffdisplacingv the remaining i bolts of braid," 1whichcan be readily adjusted to receive various widths of braid',

an'd which can-,bequiekly and thoroughly cleaned" when desired. i l

Vit-l'ithese and other obje'ts. in view7 the invention consists incertain novel'combinations and arrangements of the parts as will moref'ully` appear as the description pro ceeds, the' novelfea'tures thereofbeing pointed out in .the appended claims. l

For ayfull understandingr of the invention. reference is to be had tothe following de scription and .iccoiiipaii}.ing drawing, in

which Figure 1 a perspective view of a. braid cabinet constructed inaccordance with the invention.` Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectional viewthrough the saine. Fig. 3 `is a transverse sectional view on the line3-3 of Fig. Fig. t is a detail view of one of the stepped tray supports.Fig. 5 isa plan view of one of the blanks from which the partitions areformed. Fig. (i is a detail view of one of the partitionsin its completeforni.

,l and top of the casing.

.- trate a preferred embodiment of the inventiong" the numerals 1designate the sides of the casing, the numeral 2 the front thereof, thenumeral 3 t-he back thereof` and the4V numeral 4the bottom thereof.v Thesides' l` have the rupper edges thereof inclined downwardly 'andforwardly andthe-front- ."Z is accordingly much lower than the back 3.This casing includes ari upper display compartment A, and a lowercompartment which is divided a transverse partition 5 into a rearstorage chamber' B anti a forward drawer receiving chamber C.

The upper portions of the sides 1 may be formed of fratl es 1a havingthe general shape of a parallelogram, and lreceiving panes of glass orother transparent material. In a similar manner the upper port-ion ofthe front? is provided with an opening;

to receive a pane of glass 7.ortransparent y material, the lowerportionof the front being formed with an opening Within which` topthereof with a refiecting surfaceor mir l ror i), and-at the bottom withan opening for the storage chamber vsaid opening being normally closedby a door 10;v

'i he top 1l has the rear edge thereof hinged at l). a strip 13 at theback of'the casing. This top is in `thelforin .of'a frame having a paneof glass 14 fitted' therein` vand normally rests upon the upper edges ofthe sides l when in a closed position so as-to exclude. dust and dirtfrom the casing, although the braid within the display conipartnient Acan. be readily seen through the transparent glass pan-els in the sides,front The usual forni of hinged brace 13a, n ay be applied to the top llso as to maintain the 'same in a raised position when the cabinet hasbeen opened to obtain access to the braid within the display compartmentSecured to the inner fares of the sides l at the bottom thereof arecorrespondingl)` stepped ti'a v supports 14a, the general in clinationof the stepped upper edges of the I tray supports correslwnding to theinclina- FU. 7 is a detail view of one of the trays having a partitionmounted therein.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indi y. rest loosely upon the corresponding .stepsofcated in all the views of the drawings by the same referencecharacters.

tion of the upper edges of the sides l. A series of transverselydisposed 'trays 15 the tray supports l-t so as to provide a con tinuousbottom frr the display compartinent A, theI forward edgesof the uppertrays 15 projecting over the rear sides of the lower trays. Each ofthese trays 15 may be provided with one or more adjustable partitions 16which are positioned within the tray to subdivide the same according tothe widths of the bolts of braid to be sup; ported. As indicated in Fig.1, the bolts of braid are held in a substantially upright position, thelower ends thereof resting upon the trays 15 and being received withinco pending sub=`divisions thereof provide ,by the adjustable partitions16. Owixig tof.the fact that the various braid supporting trays 15 havea stepped arrangement and are arrangedsuceessively at higher levels fromthe front tothe rear of the cabinet, the. upper ends of the variouspieces of braidwill be clearly displayed through the glass top of thecabinet so that a prospective purchaser can readily select the kindofbraid desired. Any surplus stock may be placed in the storage chamberB, while the drawer 8f which is mounted upon suitable guides 17 may beconveniently utilized to receive various articles, such as pins,scissors, a tape measure, or the like.'

The adjustable partitions for the trays may each be formed from a singleblank of sheet material, the edges at the top and endsA of the blankbeing returned at 16* to stiilen and reinforce thesame, while the lowerpor-I tion of the blank is formed with an extension having anintermediate slit` 16 therein, the portions 16 of the extension on eachside of the slit 16b being bent in opposite direcl tions to provideA thelaterally` f projecting basal flanges. The ends of the partitionsfrictionally engage the sides of the trays 15, while the basal flanges16c rest upon the bottom of the tray so as to retain the partitions inan upright position. It will thus be obvious that these partitions 16can be quickly positioned within the trays in order to subdivide thesame in the manner required by the various widths of braid, and thatafter once being positioned they are retained firmly in place. This isan important feature of the invention, since as the stock of braidchanged, the partitions 16 within the various trays must always beadjusted and properly positioned to receive the new braid which it isdesired to display.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A braid cabinet including a casings having sides which are inclinedupwardly from the front to the rear thereof, a removable cover normallyclosing the top of the casing,

a thickness of material appliedto the inner .face of each side of thecasing and having .the upper edge thereof stepped to provide a series oftray supporting surfaces, and a series of removable trays extendingtransversely across the casing and resting upon corresponding traysupporting surfaces of the steps, the de th of each tray correspondingto the heig t of the steps so that the trays when assembled have astepped relation t'o each other, and the bottoms and inner sides of thetrays cooperating with each other to providev a continuous stepped wallsubdividing the interior of the casing into an upper display chamberabove the trays and a ower storage chamber under the trays.

2. A braid cabinet including a casing having sides which are inclined uwardly from the front to the rear thereof, t e lower portion of thefront of the casing having a drawer receiving` opening therein, Whilethe back of the casing 1s provided with an opening, a door normallyclosing said opening, a removable top normally closing the top of thecasing, a thickness of material applied to the inner face of each sideof the casing and having the upper edge thereof stepped to provide aseries of correspondintray supporting surfaces having agenerainclination corresponding to the inclination of the sides of thecasing, a series of removable trays extending transversely across thecasing and resting upon corresponding tray supporting surfaces providedby the steps in the'i thicknesses of material applied to the inner facesof the sides of the easing, said trays being open at the top thereof andvthe depth of each tray corresponding to the height of the steps so thatthe trays when assembled have a stepped relation/to each other and thebottoms and inner sides of the trays cooperate with each other tpprovide a continuous stepped wall'subdividing the interior of the casinginto an upper display chamber about: thetrays and a lower storagechamber below the trays, the door in the back of the casing opening intothe said storage chamber, and a -drawer slidable through the drawerreceiving opening of the front of the casing. y

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN M. BURNHAM. HERMAN J. SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

C. C.:NrCHor.s, \E. L. S'mCKMAN.

